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This fall, Willmar's third CT scanner will go into operation at the new Willmar Center for Diagnostic Imaging. What does the addition of a third CT service mean for patients?...

WASHINGTON -- In a way, it's too bad President Obama tapped Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman to serve as ambassador to China. The ambassador-designee promised a Senate panel Thursday that, if...

It's high noon on health care reform. Time to identify the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Let's start with the Bad: Obama's passive leadership. The president didn't want to...

According to the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, the Medicare trust fund will become insolvent in 2017. They received their information from the Medicare trustees' official report, which warns...

Medical bloggers and politicians met in Washington, D.C., last week to exchange views on health care reform. What happened and who said what? The West Central Tribune's HealthBeat blog follows...

In the national debate about how to fix health care, the voices of doctors, nurses and patients often seem to be absent. In Missing voices in the health care debate,...

One of America's toughest problems is being solved right before our unseeing eyes. As Mark Sanford strayed, Michael Jackson departed and Sarah Palin quit, the Obama administration was quietly putting...

The patient, age 97, needs expensive and risky open-heart surgery. Should he receive it? Is it worth the cost? The West Central Tribune's HealthBeat blog explores the ethics and trade-offs...

SAN DIEGO -- President Obama recently reignited the immigration debate when he told reporters that congressional leaders of both parties were ready to "actively get something done and not put...

I'm totally covered by a private supplement and Medicare and I want you to have what I have. If the government's health care reform doesn't include coverage at least as...

Health care reform in Minnesota is demanding that consumers be more informed and more involved in making choices about health care. But are we truly ready for this? HealthBeat, the...

ST. PAUL -- One theme seems to be emerging for the upcoming 2009 Minnesota legislative session -- reform. With a massive state budget deficit, there is widespread agreement that state...

WILLMAR -- Out-going President Bush, President-elect Obama, the out-going Congress and the new Congress should work together to pass immigration reform and develop programs that will bring new Americans more...

A lot has been spoken about the current need for "ethics'' and "reforms'' in this nation; I would like to address that. We have mayors in our states, east and...